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overestimate

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1. overestimate - Noun

2. overestimate - Verb

Meaning

To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He overestimated his own powers Source: Internet

You are overestimating the value of your old car Source: Internet

Amateur organizers of tugs of war may underestimate the forces generated, or overestimate the breaking strength of common ropes, and may thus be unaware of the possible consequences if a rope snaps under extreme tension. Source: Internet

A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults. Source: Internet

At angles of attack above stall, inviscid calculations do not predict that stall has happened, and as a result they grossly overestimate the lift. Source: Internet

Gide even went so far as to say that future historians will overestimate Bergson’s influence on art and philosophy just because he was the self-appointed spokesman for “the spirit of the age”. Source: Internet

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